Staff

Clint Gilchrist – Executive Director
Andrea Lewis – Curator

Born and raised in Laramie, Wyoming, Andrea spent many vacations in Sublette County backpacking, hiking, fishing, and camping with her family. She is the granddaughter of Maurice Faler, and great granddaughter of local pioneers, Vincent & Lillian Faler. She spent her youth participating in mountain men rendezvous with her family, and reading western history books with her grandfather, fostering her love of western history.

Andrea worked all over the country as a museum technician with the National Park Service, Department of the Navy, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and as the historian for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), before joining the Museum of the Mountain Man as the curator in 2019.

When not at work Andrea likes to spend time with her son traveling the world, snuggling her dog, reading (yes, more history), spending time outdoors, and working on various craft projects (her latest being quilting).

Andrea is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a Masters of Arts degree in Museum Studies, the University of Wyoming with two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Humanities and History with a minor in Museum Studies concentrating on Historic Preservation. She also holds an Associates of Arts in music from Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and is an Army veteran.

Mindy Seehafer – Accounting
Wanda Hawes – Membership Coordinator
Colleen Day – Orders
Mindi Crabb – Marketing Coordinator
Dawn Ballou – Graphics

Dawn Ballou has a B.S. in Soil Science from Oregon State University and worked as a soil scientist, hydrological technician, wildland firefighter and fire lookout for the Forest Service in Montana. After a career veer and moving to Wyoming with her family, she began volunteering for the Sublette County Historical Society (SCHS) in 2010 and served on their Board of Trustees from 2015-2022, after which she was hired as a part-time graphic artist at the Museum of the Mountain Man. She has done the layout and design for The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal since 2023 (Volumes 17, 18, 19 and 20). She also did the layout and design for Mark Kelly’s book, Andrew Henry … The Myth, The Man, published by the SCHS. Dawn has managed and volunteered at the Sommers Homestead Living History Museum since 2012. She has helped with volunteering, maintenance, and sign design for the Lander Trail-New Fork River Crossing Historical Park and Trappers Point monument-SCHS properties. In other current work, she operates the Pinedale Online news website and works as a graphic artist at Office Outlet in Pinedale. She has two sons and one grandson.

Angie Thomas – Publications

Gift Shop / Reception – Colleen Day, Wanda Hawes, Merris Royal, Jamie Wood, Mary Thompson, Beth Edwards